Day: June 2, 2013

LENNOXVILLE – When is a retirement not necessarily a retirement? When it’s Bo Bowling as opposed to Ryan White. Bowling, the Als’ third-year receiver and kick returner, has retired – for now. Bowling suffered two torn ligaments in his ankle prior to the start of training camp, which began Sunday at Bishop’s University. Because he […]

UPDATED with a link to ne of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Jaguar commercials.) One thing was leading to another, as it so often does on the Internet, especially for me, when my eyes alighted upon this tantalizing question “Want to Go to Jerusalem with Benedict Cumberbatch?” I assumed that there was a contest afoot. (See what I […]

In its last screening before taking a summer break, the Film Society/ Le Cinéclub will show Roman Polanski’s 1965 film Repulsion, starring a very young Catherine Deneuve. Michael Atkinson IFC Fix (writing about the DVD in 2009): “Catherine Deneuve, a spacious London flat, a skinned rabbit that never gets cooked, a few unlucky male visitors, a […]

Dallas Green, not long out of Alexisonfire’s breakup, continues to find his sea legs in the solo project that is City and Colour. It’s now his full-time job and the self-confidence on his fourth album, recorded in Nashville, is palpable. Handling all the guitar work himself, Green has come up with a carefully-arranged disc that […]

STE-ADELE — I’m thinking blackflies are the first line of defence for the Laurentians once the snow has melted. They’re the reason why much of the mountainous terrain and lakes north of Montreal are still largely pristine and unspoiled, i.e. why so many people won’t venture into these parts. Sure, man has beaten back the […]

The best photos taken by Gazette staff and freelance photographers in May 2013. MONTREAL; QUE.; MAY 2, 2013 — Engraver Bruno Bolduc fnishes an engraving on a tombstone at the St Laurent Cemetery in Ville St. Laurent, Montreal, Thursday May 2, 2013. Bolduc is a third generation engraver and has been at it since age […]